antecedent
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This serves as further evidence that the antecedent of the Houthi movement respected the language of power, readily cooperating with those providing it, regardless of ideology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
They found that physical frailty can be an indicator of future social isolation over time and that loneliness may be both an antecedent and an outcome of frailty.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
Maybe the Satanic panic isn't even the best kind of antecedent, but rather the child abduction panic or the gang crime panic, where there is a real problem, but blown out of proportion.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024
Maybe the closest antecedent is a new, $85 million HUD program called “Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing,” or PRO Housing, which this summer issued 17 grants of a few million dollars each.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2024
When phrases come in pairs like this, the first phrase is called the antecedent phrase, and the second is called the consequent phrase.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
While going rather easy on King George, Ms. Worsley is dismayed by the strategy of her antecedents, whose tactics often seemed calculated to fan the sputtering flames of rebellion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Two thrillers with literary antecedents — “Cross” on Prime Video and “The Day of the Jackal” on Peacock — premiere Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
“If I do something that shocks me or that I’m not proud of, I’m able to frame that behaviorally and sort of understand the antecedents, the behavior itself and then the consequence,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Her most obvious antecedents were probably the nervy, forever restless Bette Davis and her Gallic descendant, Jeanne Moreau.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
The convoluted syntax, multiple negatives, indefinite antecedents, and masterful circumlocutions of this statement defy comprehension.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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